Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org> writes:
> FATAL: the database system is starting up
> DETAIL: WAL is being applied to recover from a system crash.
> or
> DETAIL: The system is applying WAL to recover from a system crash.
> or
> DETAIL: The startup process is applying WAL to recover from a system crash.
I don't think the postmaster has enough context to know if that's
actually true. It just launches the startup process and waits for
results. If somebody saw this during a normal (non-crash) startup,
they'd be justifiably alarmed.
regards, tom lane